Political Party Review

Issues that are important to voters that each side uses to gain support during elections and are used in media stories, talking points by party candidates, and online are called…

• political methodologies

• party platforms

• statewide ballots

• political methodologies

Political parties are

• groups that are responsible for implementing public policies made on all levels of government: federal, state, and local.

• groups that are largely responsible for drafting and ratifying the U.S. Constitution.

• groups that work directly to influence leaders in office to promote their policies.

• organizations that try to directly influence public policy through its members who seek to win and hold public office.

Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party simply because one identifies oneself as a member of that party is an example of _______

• Partisanship

• Ideology

• Latent preference

• social capital

A person who votes only for candidates of one party is__________

• Split Ticket Voting

• Straight Ticket Voting

• Independent Voting

• Absentee Voting

What is the condition called when one or more houses fo the legislature is controlled by the party in opposition to the executive?

• Safe seats

• Bipartisanship

• Redistricting

• Divided government

The legislative party with over half the seats in a legislative body, and thus significant power to control the agenda

• Minority Party

• Majority Party

• Party identifiers

• Party in the government

Political parties are best defined as

• grassroots movements that find themselves in the heart of a political conflict or policy issue in an efficient and organized way

• disorganized factions of candidates and activists that seek to control the democratic process

• organized groups of candidates, officeholders, voters, and activists that work together to elect candidates for political office.

• hierarchical layers of leaders, politicians, and supporters that seek to influence public policy through lobbying and political donations.

What President warned against "Political Parties"?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The pressures that parties face to point out sharp differences between their positions and those of the opposition have led to increasing ______.

• unity

• parity

• third parties

• polarization

The inability to compromise and enact legislation driven by sharp polarization is known as

• consensus

• front-loading

• gridlock

• socialization